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STATE     OF    GEORGIA. 

^jbjntant  ^  |iTsgtctor  (Scncrafs  ©ffict, 

MlLLEDQEVILLE,   OCTOBER   13TH,   1864. 

General  Oi^ders,  ) 
No.  30.  ) 

Information  having  been  received  by  the  GoveFnor  that 
some  of  the  Physicians  detailed  under  his  Proclamation  to 
remain  at  home  and  diligently  attend  upon  the  afflicted  of 
their  Counties,  hhve,  in  violation  of  their  manifest  duty  to 
the  country,  taken  advantage  of  the  indulgence  granted 
them,  and  of  the  absence  of  competition,  and  raised  their 
prices  for  profosjiional  services,  His  Excellency  has  directed 
pie  to  request  the  Inferior  Courts  ot  the  several  Counties 
of  this  State  to  convene  at  an  earty  day,  and, 

1st.  To  prescribe  the  rates  of  charges  to  be  made  by  the 
detailed  piiysicians  of  their  respective  Counties  for  pro- 
fessional services,  nnd  to  furnish  a  copy  of  such  rates  tu 
each  of  said  physicians. 

2d.  To  notify  such  physicians,  that  all  the  families  of 
their  several  Counties,  who  are  in  such  indigent  circum- 
stances as  to  be  unable  to  pay  for  medical  attention,  shall 
be  properly  cared  for  by  them,  such  persorj^  paying  in  no 
case  for  more  than  the  inedicines  prescrilxn]. 

3rd.  In  case  any  or  said  physici.ms  should  either  charge 
a  higher  rate  than  the  fee  bill  fixed  by  said  Courts,  or  neg- 
lect the  families  cf  the  indigent  in  their  respective  Coun- 
ties, the  Inferi'M"  Courts  where  the  same  shall  occur,  will, 
without  delay,  transmit  the  n:»m('s  of  such  physicians  so 
violating  these  instructions  to  t  lis  (JiUce,  that  their  details 
i^ay  be  revoked,  and  they  sent  to  the  front. 

Relieved  by  thoir  details  from  the  perils  and  privations 
of  duty  in  the  field,  the  indulgouce  granted  by  the  Govern- 
or to  the  physicians  requires  a  corresponding  concession  on 
their  part;  nor  is  this  requisition  an  invidious  one,  for  the 
detailed  farmer  is  required  to  sell  his  marketable  surplus  to 
the  Confederate  States  and  Soldiers'  families  at  prices  us- 
ually not  more  than  one-fourth  of  their  market  value. — 
The  Governor  and  the  Country  expect  and  require  thai 
those  thus  favored  should. do  all  in  their  power  to  alleviate 
the  miseries  entailed  upon  the  families  of  our  heroes,  who 
are  exposing  their  lives  so  nobly  upon  every  battle  field  iu 
defence  of  all  that  is  near  and  dear  to  each  and  all  of  us. 
By  order  of  the  Commander-in-Chief: 

HENRY  C.  WAYNE, 

Adj.  &  Ins.  General. 


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